Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BROAD'SIDE, n. [broad and side.]

1. A discharge of all the runs on one side of a ship, above and below, at the same time. – Mar. Dict.
2. The side of a ship, above the water, from the bow to the quarter. – Mar. Dict.
3. In printing, a sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only. – Ash. Johnson.